Spring supporting clip



Oct. 26, 1965 s. BARITZ 3,213,977

SPRING SUPPORTING CLIP Filed Nov. 8, 1962 INVENTOR SIDNEY BARITZ ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,213,977 SPRING SUPPORTING CLIP Sidney Baritz, 30 Parkside Drive, Great Neck, N.Y.; Reva Baritz, Lenard Baritz, and Elliott Baritz, executors of said Sidney Baritz, deceased Filed Nov. 8, 1962, Ser. No. 236,281 1 Claim. ((31. 189-35) The present invention relates to fastening devices, and relates more particularly to devices for anchoring springs of various forms to the frame structures employed in the fabrication of upholstered chairs and other furniture, in such a manner as to afford freedom of function of the springs in the finished articles of furniture. More specifically, the instant invention is directed to a supporting clip of improved construction which is adapted to be directly driven into a frame for supporting springs thereon.

The supporting clip forming the subject matter of the instant invention is specially designed for use in connection with a sinuous type of spring, as, for example, a spring made of wire bent back and forth to provide open, oppositely-directed loops connected by straight portions.

Heretofore, various means have been employed for securing such sinuous type spring strips across opposite members of a frame. Clips and metal strips for anchoring the springs to furniture frames have been provided with nail holes through which nails were inserted into a frame, as the initial and only means of anchoring the springs to a frame. Other clips have been employed which are nailed to the frame and have an eye through which the spring end is secured. However, a serious disadvantage of the prior art devices is that while they can be nailed to the front board of the seat frame of a chair or sofa, they are not effective when employed to secure the springs to the back, or rear, board of such frames. In the present construction of chairs, couches, davenports, and the like, the rear board of the frame of such furniture is usually accompanied by another board positioned above it which becomes the lower board of the back of such furniture. The latter board, because of its close proximity to the furniture frame, seriously encumbers and retards the Worker from properly placing the anchoring members and wielding a hammer for securing the supporting clips to the furniture frames. The novel clip of this instant invention will enable a workman to readily attach the same to a furniture frame by driving an attaching member therethrough while he is positioned at the rear thereof.

Accordingly, an important object of this invention is to provide an improved spring supporting clip which will be free from the foregoing and other disadvantages, and which will be exceptionally easy to install.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a spring supporting clip which may be readily at- 0 tached to the rear of a furniture frame.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a spring anchoring member which may be driven directly into a furniture frame member.

Another object of this invention is to provide a spring supporting clip having openings therein for nails or other suitable fastening elements.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a clip having a U-shaped spring receiving portion which rests on the top of the rear board of a furniture frame.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a spring anchoring member which is simple in construction and inexpensive in cost.

Other objects and advantages of this invention together with certain details of construction and combinations of parts will appear from the following detailed description and will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein a preferred embodiment of this invention is shown:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a chair having a frame across which a plurality of springs are supported by the novel clips of the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the spring supporting clip employed on the frame illustrated in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the novel clip of the instant invention prior to being fastened to the furniture frame; and,

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the supporting clip shown in FIGURE 3 as attached to the furniture frame with a spring anchored therein.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring now to the drawing for a more detailed description of this invention, and more particularly to FIG- URE 1, reference numeral designate a chair having a seat frame 11, front legs 12 and rear legs 13. The frame includes a front member 14, and a rear member 15, which are interconnected at their ends by side members 16. A plurality of sinuous spring strips 17 are secured across the front frame member 14 and the rear frame member 15 by suitable clips 18.

Referring more particularly to FIGURES 2, 3 and 4, the clip 18 is illustrated as being formed from a strip of sheet material such as sheet steel or other suitable metal, and is of generally U-shaped construction. The clip is provided with a flat base 19 and a U-shaped portion 20 terminating in a straight or flat portion 21. As clearly shown, the base 19 and the portion 21 are provided with depending flanges 22, 23, respectively. In accordance with this invention, each of the flanges 22, 23 is provided with apertures 24, 25, through which suitable fastening elements may be driven. Flange 22 is further provided with an additional opening 26, the purpose of which will be described hereinafter, and flange 23 is provided with a recess portion 27.

The operation of the novel spring supporting clip of the instant invention is as follows: The clip 18 is initially placed on the back frame member 15 with the base 19 resting on the top 28 of said frame. It should be noted that in this position flange 22 is adjacent the rear 29 of frame member 15. A suitable fastening element 30 such as a nail or screw is then driven through aperture 26 to initially secure the clip to the frame. The straight end portion 31 of the spring 17 is then hooked into the open clip as shown in FIGURE 3. The straight end portion of the spring is received within the open clip so that the end portion of the spring will engage the top 28 of the frame and thereby prevent the portion within the clip from rotating and at the same time provide the necessary tension when the opposite end of the spring is secured to the front member of the frame. The workman then hits the top section 21 with a hammer to line up the four apertures 24, 25, the recess portion 27 eliminating contact of the edge of flange 23 with fastening element 30, and a suitable staple 32 or a pair of nails are then driven into the registered apertures, thus rigidly securing the spring to the frame. Although the opposite end of the spring may be mounted by means of a similar clip, it is more desirable to provide a clip in which said opposite end of the spring may pivot.

Thus, a worker has only to place the clip in position on the rear member of the frame and secure the spring to the frame in the manner set out above. It can readily be seen that the worker can install a great number of anchoring devices in a relatively short period of time 3 without being hindered by the back board 33 of the chair positioned adjacent the rear frame member 15. t 7

Although the herein described features of improvement in spring anchoring devices are exceedingly simple in both their construction and application, they mark a distinct advance in the art, since, at no additional cost of manufacture, they greatly facilitate the work of installing springs in the fabrication of upholstered furniture.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is hereby claimed to be new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a frame member, a clip for supporting a spring on said frame member, said clip having a base portion disposed across the top of said frame memher, a depending flange at substantially right angles to said base portion engaging the outer face of said frame member, said base portion provided with a free end reversely bent to extend over said base portion and form a slot of substantial width adapted to receive the end of a spring, said reversely bent end portion provided with References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,249,350 3/39 Kloppman 267-108 X 2,439,789 4/48 Bank 267102 2,800,168 7/57 Calder 267-102 2,851,089 9/58 Pietruszka 2671 FOREIGN PATENTS 584,959 1/ 47 Great Britain. 819,045 8/59 Great Britain.

ARTHUR L. LA POINT, Primary Examiner.

MILTON KAUFMAN, Examiner. 

